February 1938 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

February 1938 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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T.T. Flynn, “Dead Man’s Debt” (Mr Maddox)

Fred MacIsaac, “The Duchess of Diamonds” (Rambler Murphy)

William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Chief” (Needle Mike)

Herbert Koehl, “Thirty Grand”

John Lawrence, “Boomerang Blastout” (Marquis of Broadway)

June 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1953 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Peter Paige, “Cash Wale’s Second Massacre!” (Cash Wale)

D.L. Champion, “Toast the Poison Princess” (A. Dasher)*

J.L. Bouma, “ – And Hope to Die!”

Charles Beckman, Jr., “How to Kill a Corpse”

Fletcher Flora, “ – Time to Kill – ”

Grover Brinkman, “Last Warning!”

Robert Sidney Bowen, “Dope in the Dark”

Dennis Wiegano, “Letter of the Law”

* “Toast the Poison Princess” reprinted from 1945

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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John D. MacDonald, “Dead Men Don’t Scare”

Talmage Powell, “Forget-Me-Not Killer”

Frederick C. Davis, “If the Noose Fits”

Robert Turner, “Murder in Her Wake”

Van MacNair, Jr., “White-Collar Stiff”

Russell Branch, “So Sorry – So Dead”

Scott O’Hara, “Five-Star Fugitive” (pen name of MacDonald’s)

May 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Frederick C. Davis, “A Stiff in Time Saves Nine” (Bill Brent)

T.T. Flynn, “The Sooner the Deader” (Mr. Maddox)

C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Who Owns Boriska?” (Colonel Kaspir)

Richard Dermody, “The Doctor Deals” (Doc Pierce)

October 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1940 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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John K. Butler, “Hacker’s Holiday” (Steve Midnight)

John Lawrence, “Gallows 9” (Marquis of Broadway)

D.L. Champion, “Suicide in Blue (Insp. Allhoff)

Roger Torrey, “Candidate for a Killing”

O.B. Myers, “Death Laughs at Locksmiths”

May 1939 issue

May 1939 issue

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Cornell Woolrich, “The Case of the Killer-Diller”

Jan Dana, “Movable Alibi” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Leslie T. White, “Whole Hog or Nothing” (Sergeant Mackey)

O.B. Myers, “Cash on the Line”

Herbert Koehl, “Too Many Lefts”

Jackson Gregory, Jr., “Black is White”

April 1949 issue

April 1949 issue

cover art by Albert Drake?

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Robert Martin, “Murder the Bum” (Stephen Abbott)

Frederick C. Davis, “The Merry Queen of Murder” (Thackeray Hackett)

John D. MacDonald, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy” (Donald Cheyne)

James A. Kirch, “Shoot If You Must” (Brad Harkness)

Dorothy Dunn, “Oblivion for Me” (Hollis Dorsey)

Johanas L. Bouma, “Bury Your Own Dead” (Joe Bowers)

Stuart Friedman, “Angel in the Deathhouse” (Thad Preston)

Jack Winters, “Slayer at Sea” (Thomas Brain)

November 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Robert Martin, “Slayers Go Solo” (Jim Bennett)

Frederick C. Davis, “You Kill Me, Honey!”

Hank Searls, “A Dish of Homicide”

Harold Q. Masur, “Widow in Waiting” (Scott Jordan)

Richard Glendenning, “Reach for Your Coffin”

John D. MacDonald, “The Durable Corpse”

Johnas L. Bouma, “Birth of a Killer”

June 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Peter Paige, “A Corpse for Cinderella” (Cash Wale)

Merle Constiner, “The Riddle of the Bashful Ghost” (The Dean)

Robert Reeves, “Murder Without Death” (Bookie Barnes)

Jan Dana, “The Case of the Meek Millionaire” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Richard Dermody, “Hello, Sucker!” (Doc Pierce)

June 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Frank Ward, “The Deadliest Bride in Town!”

Fredric Brown, “To Slay a Man About a Dog!”

Larry Holden, “The Expendable Ex”

Joel Townsley Rogers, “When the Devil God Smiled”

R.M.F. Joses, Tee Lady Takes a Powder”

Frank Huepper, “Tough Guy” (Shannon)

Joseph V. Hickey, “Three for the Kill”

Dave Crockett, “Death Grip”

Dennis Wiegand, “Nobody Loves a Cop”